Penalties Of $2,800 For Wilsonville Bee Deaths

Penalties are in for a company implicated in the deaths of bumblebees in Oregon earlier this year. The Oregon Department of Agriculture has issued civil penalties to the pesticide company and its employees.

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Western Bumble Bee (Bombus occidentalis) in the Mt. Hood National Forest during summer 2013.

Credit Rich Hatfield, Xerces Society

$2,886. That’s how much pesticide company Collier Arbor Care and four of its employees will pay for bumblebee kills.